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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Information about the impact of HIV treatment on viral load, the immune system, other health conditions, mortality and quality of life. The life expectancy of people living with HIV is similar to that of other people, as long as they get the right medical treatment and care.

Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

CD4s, Viral Load Not Enough to Predict Survival During HIV Treatment

Editor's pick
AIDSMeds
8 March 2011
Ageing & HIV

Decreased limb muscle and increased abdominal fat linked to higher mortality in people with HIV

News
2 March 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Risk of Virologic Failure 40 Percent Higher Among Blacks vs. Whites

Editor's pick
AIDSMeds
1 March 2011
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Frequent testing for HIV results in better prognosis for those who do get HIV

News
23 February 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Social and economic circumstances impact on HIV treatment outcomes in US, Canada, Brazil, Australia

News
23 January 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

US Study Says Race, Gender and Geography Predict Poorer Health With HIV

Editor's pick
Poz
19 January 2011
Treatment interruptions

Breaks from HIV therapy still associated with poorer outcomes 8 years later

News
18 January 2011
Improving HIV care

Scale up of treatment linked to rise in loss to follow-up, but those in care continue to do well

News
5 January 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV in the UK still cuts 13 years off life expectancy: late testing is the main reason

News
1 December 2010
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Persistent low-level viral load is associated with failure, but risk is small

News
10 November 2010
Starting treatment

Study confirms that the sooner treatment is started the better

News
9 November 2010
Adherence

One-pill regimen improves adherence and reduces hospitalisation in insured US patients

News
9 November 2010
Improving HIV care

Zimbabwe: Zim Agonisingly Navigates HIV Minefield

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
11 October 2010
Lung disease

Infectious and non-infectious lung disease risk increased for those with HIV

News
29 September 2010
Ageing & HIV

Aging With Complex Chronic Disease: The Wrinkled Face of AIDS

Editor's pick
The Body Pro / GMHC Treatment Issues
25 August 2010
Bone & joint problems

Heroin use, AIDS, predict reduced bone mineral density in older men with HIV

News
24 August 2010
New & experimental HIV treatments

Maraviroc potentially of benefit for many patients with late HIV diagnosis

News
16 August 2010
Ageing & HIV

New diagnoses among over 50s double in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

News
16 August 2010
Government, leadership & policy

Lymphocyte count and haemoglobin can predict prognosis of patients starting ART

News
3 August 2010
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Outcomes still improving for HIV patients in the UK

News
2 August 2010
Pregnancy, children & young people

Child mortality falls after mothers receive HIV drugs

News
20 July 2010
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Large-scale impact of ART on mortality in Brazil, South Africa: big successes but mind the gaps

News
20 July 2010
Cardiovascular disease

CD4 cell count below 500 associated with increased risk of CVD - implications for 'when to start' debate

News
12 July 2010
Kidney problems

Kidney disease increases mortality for women with AIDS starting HIV treatment

News
8 July 2010